Photo: Rich Polk/NBC via GettyThe 2024Golden Globe Awardswill take place under new ownership.On Monday, the awards show that the Hollywood Foreign Press Associationfounded in 1943, announced that Dick Clark Productions and holding companyEldridge"have acquired all the Golden Globes’ assets, rights, and properties" from the HFPA, resulting in what a press release described as “the winddown of the HFPA and its membership.“The HFPA’s “existing resources” will be pooled together with proceeds from the transaction to form the “Golden Globe Foundation” to continue work on “entertainment-related charitable giving,” according to a press release. Moving forward, Dick Clark Productions will “plan, host, and produce the annual Golden Globe Awards,” beginning with the 81st annual ceremony in January 2024.“We are excited to close on this much anticipated member-approved transaction and transition from a member-led organization to a commercial enterprise,” HFPA president Helen Hoehne said in a statement regarding the sale.Hoehne will join the new organization as a member, though not all of the HFPA’s current members will be retained as the Golden Globes enter a new chapter in its history, according toThe Hollywood Reporter.Paul Drinkwater/NBCUniversal via GettyDick Clark Productions produces live television events including the Academy of Country Music Awards, the American Music Awards, the Billboard Music Awards and Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest, among others, according to itswebsite.“As stewards of the Golden Globe Awards, our mission is to continue creating the most dynamic awards ceremony on live television viewed across the world,” Dick Clark Productions CEO Jay Penske said in a statement Monday.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.The awards show’s change of ownership comes months after the showreturned to NBCin January following anumber of high-profile controversiesconcerning the HFPA in recent years. NBC did not televise the 2022 Golden Globes aftera February 2021Los Angeles Timesexposéreported thatthere were zero Black members withinthe organization’s voting body, resulting in ascaled-backceremony held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California in 2022.Back in 2018,Brendan Fraserclaimed that former HFPA president Philip Berk sexuallyassaulted him in the summer of 2003, while at a luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel — an alleged incident Berk disputes. Fraser, whowon an Oscar for his performance inThe Whaleduring March’s Academy Awards, did not attend the 2023 Golden Globes, though he was nominated.In September, the HFPA touted in a press release that it had added “103 new voters to its ranks” among other diversity initiatives as it returned to NBC prior to January’s awards show.The 81st Golden Globe Awards will take place on Jan. 7, 2024.
Photo: Rich Polk/NBC via Getty
The 2024Golden Globe Awardswill take place under new ownership.On Monday, the awards show that the Hollywood Foreign Press Associationfounded in 1943, announced that Dick Clark Productions and holding companyEldridge"have acquired all the Golden Globes’ assets, rights, and properties” from the HFPA, resulting in what a press release described as “the winddown of the HFPA and its membership.“The HFPA’s “existing resources” will be pooled together with proceeds from the transaction to form the “Golden Globe Foundation” to continue work on “entertainment-related charitable giving,” according to a press release. Moving forward, Dick Clark Productions will “plan, host, and produce the annual Golden Globe Awards,” beginning with the 81st annual ceremony in January 2024.“We are excited to close on this much anticipated member-approved transaction and transition from a member-led organization to a commercial enterprise,” HFPA president Helen Hoehne said in a statement regarding the sale.Hoehne will join the new organization as a member, though not all of the HFPA’s current members will be retained as the Golden Globes enter a new chapter in its history, according toThe Hollywood Reporter.Paul Drinkwater/NBCUniversal via GettyDick Clark Productions produces live television events including the Academy of Country Music Awards, the American Music Awards, the Billboard Music Awards and Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest, among others, according to itswebsite.“As stewards of the Golden Globe Awards, our mission is to continue creating the most dynamic awards ceremony on live television viewed across the world,” Dick Clark Productions CEO Jay Penske said in a statement Monday.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.The awards show’s change of ownership comes months after the showreturned to NBCin January following anumber of high-profile controversiesconcerning the HFPA in recent years. NBC did not televise the 2022 Golden Globes aftera February 2021Los Angeles Timesexposéreported thatthere were zero Black members withinthe organization’s voting body, resulting in ascaled-backceremony held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California in 2022.Back in 2018,Brendan Fraserclaimed that former HFPA president Philip Berk sexuallyassaulted him in the summer of 2003, while at a luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel — an alleged incident Berk disputes. Fraser, whowon an Oscar for his performance inThe Whaleduring March’s Academy Awards, did not attend the 2023 Golden Globes, though he was nominated.In September, the HFPA touted in a press release that it had added “103 new voters to its ranks” among other diversity initiatives as it returned to NBC prior to January’s awards show.The 81st Golden Globe Awards will take place on Jan. 7, 2024.
The 2024Golden Globe Awardswill take place under new ownership.
On Monday, the awards show that the Hollywood Foreign Press Associationfounded in 1943, announced that Dick Clark Productions and holding companyEldridge"have acquired all the Golden Globes’ assets, rights, and properties” from the HFPA, resulting in what a press release described as “the winddown of the HFPA and its membership.”
The HFPA’s “existing resources” will be pooled together with proceeds from the transaction to form the “Golden Globe Foundation” to continue work on “entertainment-related charitable giving,” according to a press release. Moving forward, Dick Clark Productions will “plan, host, and produce the annual Golden Globe Awards,” beginning with the 81st annual ceremony in January 2024.
“We are excited to close on this much anticipated member-approved transaction and transition from a member-led organization to a commercial enterprise,” HFPA president Helen Hoehne said in a statement regarding the sale.
Hoehne will join the new organization as a member, though not all of the HFPA’s current members will be retained as the Golden Globes enter a new chapter in its history, according toThe Hollywood Reporter.
Paul Drinkwater/NBCUniversal via Getty
Dick Clark Productions produces live television events including the Academy of Country Music Awards, the American Music Awards, the Billboard Music Awards and Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest, among others, according to itswebsite.“As stewards of the Golden Globe Awards, our mission is to continue creating the most dynamic awards ceremony on live television viewed across the world,” Dick Clark Productions CEO Jay Penske said in a statement Monday.
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
The awards show’s change of ownership comes months after the showreturned to NBCin January following anumber of high-profile controversiesconcerning the HFPA in recent years. NBC did not televise the 2022 Golden Globes aftera February 2021Los Angeles Timesexposéreported thatthere were zero Black members withinthe organization’s voting body, resulting in ascaled-backceremony held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California in 2022.
Back in 2018,Brendan Fraserclaimed that former HFPA president Philip Berk sexuallyassaulted him in the summer of 2003, while at a luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel — an alleged incident Berk disputes. Fraser, whowon an Oscar for his performance inThe Whaleduring March’s Academy Awards, did not attend the 2023 Golden Globes, though he was nominated.
In September, the HFPA touted in a press release that it had added “103 new voters to its ranks” among other diversity initiatives as it returned to NBC prior to January’s awards show.
The 81st Golden Globe Awards will take place on Jan. 7, 2024.
source: people.com
